My eyes quiver as I try to open it.

What happened?

I don’t know…

What I last saw was Nil’s hand approaching my face.

“Asagao!”

“…”

“Asagao!”

“M-Mother?!”

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I immediately open my eyes just to see only darkness.

No one was there.

“Mother, where are you?!”

“Asagao… I am sorry…I can only communicate with you through my voice…”

“Mother…At least… you are fine… I can hear your voice…but…why?”

“Why?”

“Why am I here?”

“I tried to call over your consciousness again but I failed… so now I can only talk to you through voice.”

“I see…”

“Asagao…”

“Mother?”

“I already collected Astlan’s Memory Fragment.”

“Eh?!”

“I can… let you see what happened to Astlan…when he was summoned here.”

“Can I see it now?!”

“Asagao… it may… pain you mentally…but… are you prepared?”

“I have no choice but to see it… If I want any clue about what’s happening to this world, then I need to witness everything!”

“I see… please…whatever happens, don’t lose your mind, okay?”

“That will never happen!”

A spherical light floated up in front of me.

“This is…”

“If you are prepared, you just have to touch it and put it close to your chest.”

“I see… then…I am going to do it now….”

I held the spherical light on my hands…

And put it close to my chest…

My mind…shook and I saw it.